Poll: RO Social Democrats fall to weakest support since January

Romania's main opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), recorded its lowest score in the last seven months - 20.8% - in the latest monthly poll conducted by IMAS for Europa FM, HotNews.ro commented.

Nonetheless, despite the small advance over the past months, the ruling Liberal Party (PNL) also plunged nearly 14pp since January to 33.6%.

The latest poll was conducted between August 6 and 26.

The USR-Plus Alliance remains third in the local political hierarchy, with 18.3% of the intended vote, a slight increase from 17.2% in July.

Pro Romania, the party led by former PSD prime minister Victor Ponta, went up to 10.6% in August, after dropping to 9.7% in July.

The Hungarian Democratic Union (UDMR) is above the electoral threshold, with 5.7%.

Former president Traian Basescu's Popular Movement Party (PMP) remains below the 5% threshold that would allow it to enter the Parliament (4.1%).

ALDE went down even more in the polls, to only 2.4% of the voting intentions. For former PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu's party, it is the lowest score ever, and less than a third of the score it had exactly one year ago (7.4% in August 2019).

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